“Green design,” “sustainable design” or “eco-friendly home design” may be the new buzzwords to describe design methods that are sustainable and lead to less of an impact to the environment, but the ...

A few hours of sunlight on a winter day warm up the open living area, which is framed by glue-laminated custom beams supporting the SIP panels overhead. Interior features include a large glass entry ...

A remodeled home is inherently sustainable because you're minizing your use of new materials and taking advantage of existing infrastructure. Imagine you live in your green dream home. It’s extremely ...

2005’s Solar Decathlon blew us away, but we were particularly fascinated by a stunning Solar House from Cornell University. This team brought a beautiful zero-energy home to the mall in Washington, ...

The hottest trend in home design is not limited to wow-factor kitchens, master-suite bathrooms with soaking tubs or the family-friendly great room. Instead, a solid trend in home design is one where ...

This regularly scheduled sponsored column is written by the Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy team (AIRE). This county program helps you make smart energy decisions that save you money and leaves ...

The Dwell Homes Collection is a partnership between Turkel Design, who designs the homes and Lindal Cedar Homes, who assembles the materials and delivers them to the site of the home. Like all Lindal ...

Sidney Stevens is a writer and editor for magazines, websites, and books, with a focus on health and environmental issues. Excel Homes is a modular home manufacturer operating in several mid-Atlantic, ...

The source of toxins in paints and finishes is a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which, until recently, were essential to the performance of the paint. New environmental regulations, and ...

There are plenty of buzzwords: recycle, repurpose, sustainable, eco-everything. They’ve got us all thinking green. If you Google “green design,” you’ll find up to a billion results. There’s a TV ...

With so many people going green these days, it’s gotten easier to find home furnishings labeled “sustainable.” But reading beyond the labels isn’t always easy. “Just because you start out with an ...